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The only dance record on the shortlist, Nia Archives' second album traces the arc of a relationship from the first flush of love to a breakup so ugly that her partner calls the police.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

I do believe that in writing, there is a rhythm and melody within a sentence, just like there’s a narrative arc in a guitar solo.”

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

For Newsom, she writes, the affair is merely a “footnote in a longer arc of ascent. For me, it is the fracture that split my life into before and after.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The arc of human history has bent toward putting more power in people’s hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

A crackling arc of electric blue lightning snapped from the doorway to the silver ring on TimeStar’s hand.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The film is Marvel's last big-screen outing before Doomsday, the long-awaited culmination of multiple superhero story arcs after Avengers: Endgame.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The findings improve scientists' understanding of gold-rich deposits associated with intra-oceanic island arcs such as the Kermadec Arc.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Often, our life arcs lead us from one solid self to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Scenes animated in hand-drawn style are designed to bring Bonnie’s imagination to life, recreating the vivid magic of designing entire stories and character arcs for toys during playtime.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

Harry amused himself for a while turning the taps on and off, particularly enjoying the effect of one whose jet bounced off the surface of the water in large arcs.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Suddenly, the whale’s dark body arced above the surface before diving down to reveal its tail, or fluke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Wing Elliot Daly, having pondered a blindside dart off a rolling maul, arced round the back of England's backline.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025

Didion bridged the worlds of Hollywood, journalism and literature in a career that arced most brilliantly in the realms of social criticism and memoir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

Experts who watched videos showing downed power lines agreed wire that was insulated would not have arced and sparked, igniting a line of flame.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

But at the last moment, I banked to the right, then arced back around.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The ultra-fast missiles travel on a high arcing trajectory before crashing down into their target.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

A birthday party had just ended, and he was offered a piece of cake, chocolate with a jelly-bean rainbow arcing across the frosting.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

It soars upward and hangs there for four seconds, six seconds, eight—a black meteor arcing against the blue sky.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

That caused a short-circuit and "arcing" - electric sparks like those in a spark plug - which resulted in a "catastrophic failure".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

The move activates his armguards—an enormous, glowing blue shield bursts outward from them in a circle, arcing protectively in front of us both.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu